"Kathy Boyle" <KBoyle@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We are running Postgresql 7.4.7 on Redhat EL 4. Running /usr/bin/initdb > command as user postgres fails before creating the views such as pg_user > and pg_rules. This is a known problem caused by SELinux security enforcement. The quick and dirty solution is to do setenforce 0, at least for long enough to run initdb. But I'd recommend updating to the most recent available postgresql and selinux-policy-targeted RPMs, which should resolve the issue properly. (You may need to run restorecon on the /usr/bin and /var/lib/pgsql trees after updating; I'm not sure that simply updating the policy RPM will adjust the file security labels correctly.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match